Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 Pro vs. 8 cores 3200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A18 Pro 's Advantages
Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 3200MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 60GB/s)
Released 7 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A18 Pro
1733863
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
+26%
2186467
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A18 Pro
+54%
3337
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2159
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A18 Pro
+13%
8218
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
7227
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
4040 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
-
4 MB
L2 cache
2.75 MB
16 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
3 nm
Process
4 nm
-
-
-
10 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU name
Adreno 825
1450 MHz
GPU frequency
1150 MHz
6
Execution units
-
128
Shading units
-
8
Max size
24
2.2272 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
35 TOPS
Theoretical Performance
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
-
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Snapdragon X75
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
-
7
Wi-Fi
7
5.3
Bluetooth
6.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2024
Announced
Apr 2025
Flagship
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
SM8735
